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The car feels awesome, its a bit on the harsh side for daily use but my Z only gets driven maybe once a week so i can deal with it. The surface street driving feel fine like before with the Koni, but freeway impression is not so comfy since LA freeways are wavy the Z bounces around on the freeway with all those dips, stress cracks lines and the wavy surface. Its definitely bearable but it going to take a bit of getting used to, its probably harsh because the settings are at 3rd click out of 5, i bet if i turn it down to 1 or 2 it should be more comfortable, i just left it at the factory default of #3 on all 4 units. Later on ill try some lower settings to see if its more street worthy. Highspeed cornering has definietly improved, it hugs the corners even with bumps with amazing grace. The suspension follows all the road irregularities so the car does not hop or slide to the side like some coilovers ive noticed during a high speed bumpy sweeper turn. The steering response feels alot better due to less weight transfer being shifted around, and IMO the coilovers made a bigger difference in handling then sway bars did. The right to left left to right quickie zigzag turns feel really good with perfect stability, on my old setup would understeer then oversteer on the next whip. Low speed corners like those 25mph freeway sweeper onramps are incredible, it turns soo hard i felt like i was going to fall out of my seat. I cant imagine what it be like with a nice sticky tires like a Nitto NT03, or RA1's i bet that would feel crazy! I managed to go in pretty fast and maintain 57mph on a 25mph J curve on a freeway ramp, i could not go more then 50mph before it starts to slide with the Koni's. What i wanted to do is dial out the high roll center in the back of the Z, this has definitely dialed that out, it no longer has that funny feeling i used to get of the tail sliding out when cornering hard. Im sure many differences like my massive camber from the aggressive drop has alot to do with the differences in the handling as well, but all in all i think this coilover was money well spent, and the handling improvements to the Z was much more then i expected.
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